Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1887-12-31
The Senator will do well to dig up our
old bill and put it through if he can.
BLAINE. SIBERIAN, STANFORD
WHICH

to-day any of the other mentioned candi.
dates are only remote possibilities, too
remote to be seriously considered. Gene.
raj Phil Sheridan, Harrison, Allison and
Bob Lincoln are occasionally talked of,
but that about ends il. Neither has any
great following for the Presidency. The
Convention would have to drift into a
a dead lock before either would have the
slightest show Of carrying off the prize.
Blaine, Of course has the greatest and
most enthusiastic personal following of
any man in the Republican party. But
he has made one race and lost it. This
will cause misgivings in the minds Of
many delegates to the National Conven-
tion az to whether it will be prudent to
put him forward again; and other aspi.
rants to the honor, and their friends, will
push this sentiment of doubt for all that
it is worth. Under these circumstances,
which are sure to arise, it is by no means
certain that Blaine will be renominated
by the convention to assemble at Chicago,
June 10Th next. But there can be no
question that Blaine will have the power
to decide as between the stronger of his
rivals-not that he can name a black
horse, or a pronounced candidate who
has little or no support, but he may de.
termine a choice between the highest In
the roll calls.
1t will not do to deny that many, pos.
sibly a majority, of the more prominent
leaders and managers in the Republican
party are opposed to the denomination of
the Plumed knight. Some are actuated,
no doubt, by selfish motives, while others
entertain honest doubts about his ability
to carry the great pivotal States of New
York and Indiana. Adehnite settlement
of tariff and revenue measures, on a con.
sentative basis, at the present session of
Congress would also weaken his chances
in the convention and before the coun.
try. But, as we have indicated above,
he can in all human probability name
the candidate, in the event of his inabil.
ity to sweep over all opposition and make
himself for a second time the standard
bearer.
We are not now discussing the prob.
able result Of the battle of 1883 between
the two great political parties of the
country. That is quite another question.
We have very firm convictions about
that too, but an expression of them is
not pertinent to the scope and purposes
of this article. At this moment we are
merely considering who the Republicans
are most likely to nominate.
As remarked in the beginning, we be.
lieve the name Of their nominee appears
in the headline Of this article. If not
Blaine, why then John Sherman of Ohio,
or Leland Stanford of California, which,
of the two latter, will depend upon the
inclination of the man from Maine. No
doubt either would give him such recog.
milton as he might desire, in the event of
success before the people, in considera.
tion of his support in convention. Blaine
can in any event make himself Secretary
Of State in the event Of Republican sue.
cess in the next election.
But as between Sherman and Stanford
which will he choose? We believe the
latter; simply because the former has
always opposed him in convention, while
the latter has at all times supported him
with both money and all the influence of
the great corporations with which he is
connected. Huntington and Blaine are
known to be the most intimate Of friends.
Blaine was in Congress when all the great
grants of lands and money were given to
these men, and the close friendship which
then grew up has been cemented with
the years. Hence we cannot avoid the
conclusion that when the moment arrives
to decide between cold John Sherman
and his warm friend Leland Stanford,
Blaine will cast the die in favor of the
latter. And that the fight in the Ma.
tlonal Republican Convention at Chicago
will narrow down to this identical point
is not only possible, but extremely prob.
able.
1t may not be generally known, but it
is no less a fact, that Governor Stanford
is not averse to becoming a Presidential
candidate should the ~exigencies of the
case warrant his friends and party call.
ing him actively into the race. His
assert, that without effort or sol.
on his part, he will go into the
convention with every delegate west of
the Rocky Mountains at his back, and
after that he is expected to make a grand
rush and carry off the nomination against
all possible a%spirants, except the honor
should go to Blaine, and in the manner
we have described. And this brings US
to the consideration OF one other point.
The Pacific Coast is a remote an. isol-
ated portion of the American Union.
Numerically weak in representation, we
nave never received for our Coast inter.
ssts, at the hands of our Eastern breth. |
zen, and those in charge of the Govern.
nent at Washington, such liberal treat.
nent as their Importance demanded, by
Ill the rules of fairness and equity. One
administration of the Federal Govern.